"The Lonely Passion of Judith Hearne The Lonely Passion of Judith Hearne is a 1987 drama film made by HandMade Films Ltd. and United British Artists (UBA) starring Maggie Smith and Bob Hoskins. It was directed by Jack Clayton (his final theatrical film) and produced by Richard Johnson and Peter Nelson, with George Harrison and Denis O'Brien as executive producers. The music score was by Georges Delerue and the cinematography by Peter Hannan. The screenplay was by Peter Nelson from the novel ""Judith Hearne"" by Northern Irish-Canadian writer Brian Moore. The story presents ""a character study film about a woman's"
"Bernard Delfont. Harrison financed the production of ""Life of Brian"" in part by mortgaging his home, which Idle later called ""the most anybody's ever paid for a cinema ticket in history"". The film grossed $21 million at the box office in the US. The first film distributed by HandMade Films was ""The Long Good Friday"" (1980), and the first they produced was ""Time Bandits"" (1981), a co-scripted project by Monty Pythons Terry Gilliam and Michael Palin. The film featured a new song by Harrison, ""Dream Away"", in the closing credits. ""Time Bandits"" became one of HandMade's most successful and acclaimed"
"Denis O'Brien (producer) Denis O'Brien was an American attorney, and was the business manager of George Harrison of The Beatles for some years. Introduced to Harrison by Peter Sellers, O'Brien helped the former Beatle sort out his tax affairs after becoming his manager in 1973. Harrison and O'Brien founded the film production company HandMade Films in 1978 to finance the completion of ""Monty Python's Life of Brian"" after EMI Films, the original backers, pulled out at the last moment. Harrison brought a lawsuit against O'Brien in Los Angeles in January 1995 claiming O'Brien had deprived him of £16 million over"
"Apple Films in 1971. He also produced, with Apple manager Allen Klein, the ""Concert for Bangladesh"" film. In 1973, he produced the feature film ""Little Malcolm"", but the project was lost amid the litigation surrounding the former Beatles ending their business ties with Klein. In 1973 Peter Sellers introduced Harrison to Denis O'Brien. Soon after, the two went into business together. In 1978, in an effort to produce ""Monty Python's Life of Brian"", they formed the film production and distribution company HandMade Films. Their opportunity for investment came after EMI Films withdrew funding at the demand of their chief executive,"
"sales, marketing and financial packaging company) was also acquired. It was subsequently renamed Handmade Films International. The parent company, now known as HandMade plc, is currently publicly traded under the symbol HMF. On 7 January 2010, the company's shares were suspended on the London AIM stock market pending financial restructuring. In July 2010, Handmade was purchased for £6.1 million by a syndicate of Jersey-based businessmen, including William Child-Villiers, 10th Earl of Jersey, at which time wealth-manager David Francis was reported to be deciding what to do with the business. HandMade Films HandMade Films is a British film production and distribution"
"of ""The Lumberjack Song"", for which he again used the Ohnothimagen moniker, their collaborations began with his guest appearance on ""Rutland Weekend Television"", which aired on BBC2 on 26 December 1975. In 1978, Harrison participated in """", a TV film starring Idle, Innes and Palin that satirised the Beatles' history, and he formed HandMade Films that year in order to fund the production of Monty Python's third movie, ""Life of Brian"" (1979), in which he also appeared. HandMade became Britain's most successful independent film company and went on to make other films involving one or more members of Monty Python,"
"1991 and was sold three years later to Paragon Entertainment, a Canadian corporation. Afterwards, Harrison sued O'Brien for $25 million for fraud and negligence, resulting in an $11.6 million judgement in 1996. In 1994, the company was acquired by the Canadian company Paragon Entertainment, which restarted production under the HandMade name. The company's most notable release of that era was ""Lock, Stock and Two Smoking Barrels"" (1998). In 1999 Patrick Meehan and Cartier Investments acquired HandMade from Paragon. In June 2006 the Equator Group plc acquired Handmade Holdings Limited, and in November of that year Sequence Film Limited (a film"
"Monty Python's Life of Brian Monty Python's Life of Brian, also known as Life of Brian, is a 1979 British comedy film starring and written by the comedy group Monty Python (Graham Chapman, John Cleese, Terry Gilliam, Eric Idle, Terry Jones and Michael Palin). It was also directed by Jones. The film tells the story of Brian Cohen (played by Chapman), a young Jewish man who is born on the same day as, and next door to, Jesus Christ, and is subsequently mistaken for the Messiah. Following the withdrawal of funding by EMI Films just days before production was scheduled"
"memorable movies of the 1980s."" Following a series of box office bombs in the late 1980s, and excessive debt incurred by O'Brien which was guaranteed by Harrison, HandMade's financial situation became precarious. The company ceased operations in 1991 and was sold three years later to Paragon Entertainment, a Canadian corporation. Afterwards, Harrison sued O'Brien for $25 million for fraud and negligence, resulting in an $11.6 million judgement in 1996. Harrison was involved in humanitarian and political activism throughout his life. In the 1960s, the Beatles supported the civil rights movement and protested against the Vietnam War. In early 1971, Ravi"
"films with HandMade, including ""Mona Lisa"", ""Shanghai Surprise"" and ""Withnail and I"". He made several cameo appearances in these films, including a role as a nightclub singer in ""Shanghai Surprise"", for which he recorded five new songs. According to Ian Inglis, Harrison's ""executive role in HandMade Films helped to sustain British cinema at a time of crisis, producing some of the country's most memorable movies of the 1980s."" Following a series of box office bombs in the late 1980s and excessive debt incurred by O'Brien, which was guaranteed by Harrison, HandMade's financial situation became precarious. The company ceased operations in"
"had this watermark 'British Handmade Paper' ... So we said ... we'll call it Handmade Films."" The first film distributed by HandMade Films was ""The Long Good Friday"" (1980), and the first they produced was ""Time Bandits"" (1981), a co-scripted project by Monty Pythons Terry Gilliam and Michael Palin. The film featured a new song by Harrison, ""Dream Away"", in the closing credits. ""Time Bandits"" became one of HandMade's most successful and acclaimed efforts; with a budget of $5 million, it earned $35 million in the US within ten weeks of its release. Harrison served as executive producer for 23"
"to find other financing. Harrison, a friend and fan of the Pythons, mortgaged his home in order to finance the feature. Eric Idle of the Pythons later called it ""the most anybody's ever paid for a cinema ticket in history"". ""Life of Brian"" grossed $21 million at the box office in the US. Harrison explained: ""The name of the company came about as a bit of a joke. I'd been to Wooky Hole in Somerset ... [near] an old paper mill where they show you how to make old underpants into paper. So I bought a few rolls, and they"
"at Sony and pursue writing full-time so Huang could produce a script to direct himself. Huang's resultant script, ""Reel Life"", was picked up by Cineville executive Frank Evers, who brought in financing from independent investors, and significant production support from Sony Pictures Entertainment. The film was subsequently sold to Trimark Pictures (later assumed by Lionsgate in 2000). Cineville produced the film with Steve Alexander overseeing production. Although writer George Huang himself worked as an assistant for Barry Josephson, who was the Senior Vice President of Development at Sony Pictures at the time, some have suggested that Buddy's character was inspired"
"have gone on to prompt the publication of a book, edited by Joan E. Taylor, the conference organiser, ""Jesus and Brian: Exploring the Historical Jesus and His Times via Monty Python's Life of Brian"", published by Bloomsbury in 2015. Monty Python's Life of Brian Monty Python's Life of Brian, also known as Life of Brian, is a 1979 British comedy film starring and written by the comedy group Monty Python (Graham Chapman, John Cleese, Terry Gilliam, Eric Idle, Terry Jones and Michael Palin). It was also directed by Jones. The film tells the story of Brian Cohen (played by Chapman),"
"to fund the Monty Python comedy team's movie ""Life of Brian"" after their original backers, EMI, pulled out at the last minute. As a huge fan of the Pythons, Harrison simply wanted to get to see the film − something that his friend Eric Idle has often described as ""the most expensive cinema ticket in movie history"". The Friar Park estate was owned by Sir Frank Crisp from 1889 until his death in 1919. The property was then sold at an auction to Sir Percival David. Following their divorce, Lady David moved into the Coachman's Cottage on the Southwest corner"
"to exist as a company, StudioCanal got full rights to their film library and thus LIVE (under a new deal with the French-based production company) continued to distribute Carolco's films for video. Other ex-video distributors that had been owned by and folded into LIVE Entertainment included Tenth Avenue Video (And Platinum Productions), and Magnum Entertainment. In 1997, LIVE was acquired by Bain Capital and was taken private. As part of a restructuring process, in April 1998, the company became Artisan Entertainment. Artisan's video unit began to expand to include the Hallmark Entertainment and Hallmark Hall of Fame movies on VHS"
"been bought by HandMade Films with the intention of producing the film in partnership with UK Made Films and with a screenplay written by the Scottish writer Colin MacDonald. These plans however have not come to fruition. A cairn beside his road near Brochel Castle commemorates Calum's achievements. It is inscribed in Gaelic and then English. This cairn was built by Donald John Graham of Portree, Skye. A song on Scottish band Runrig's eleventh studio album The Stamping Ground, entitled Wall of China / One Man was inspired by Calum's story. A play ""Calum's Road"" was adapted by David Harrower"
"London Films London Films Productions is a British film and television production company founded in 1932 by Alexander Korda and from 1936 based at Denham Film Studios in Buckinghamshire, near London. The company's productions included ""The Private Life of Henry VIII"" (1933), ""Things to Come"" (1936), ""Rembrandt"" (1936), and ""The Four Feathers"" (1939). The facility at Denham was taken over in 1939 by Rank and merged with Pinewood to form D & P Studios. The outbreak of war necessitated that ""The Thief of Bagdad"" (1940) was completed in California, although Korda's handful of American-made films still had Big Ben for"
"which went bankrupt in 2002. EOS Entertainment's Beta Film purchased many of KirchMedia's rights in 2004, and the library is now distributed by Kineos, created in 2005 as a Beta Film–KirchMedia joint venture. The Disney pictures originally distributed by RKO are owned and fully controlled by The Walt Disney Company. Rights to many other independent productions distributed by the studio, as well as some notable coproductions, are in new hands. Most Samuel Goldwyn films are administered by Warner Bros. in North America and Miramax internationally. ""It's a Wonderful Life"", coproduced by Frank Capra's Liberty Films, and ""The Bells of St."
"filmmaking. Founded by Courtney Fathom Sell & Reverend Jen Miller, the now-defunct studio would utilize local performers and locations from the Lower East Side of New York City to create various short films which would then be screened in venues such as bars and Anthology Film Archives. Though mainly recognized for their short films, the studios' first and only feature Satan, Hold My Hand was made on a budget of just $27.00 while featuring an A-list Hollywood cast including Janeane Garofalo and was Produced by Jonathan Ames, writer and creator of the HBO series Bored to Death. In 1978, Sterling"
"efforts; with a budget of $5 million, it earned $35 million in the US within ten weeks of its release. Harrison served as executive producer for 23 films with HandMade, including ""A Private Function"", ""Mona Lisa"", ""Shanghai Surprise"", ""Withnail and I"" and ""How to Get Ahead in Advertising"". He made cameo appearances in several of these films, including a role as a nightclub singer in ""Shanghai Surprise"", for which he recorded five new songs. According to Ian Inglis, Harrison's ""executive role in HandMade Films helped to sustain British cinema at a time of crisis, producing some of the country's most"
"Mom!"" were retained by Filmways and are now owned by MGM. The rest that were released by MGM are owned by Warner Bros. via its Turner Entertainment Co. subsidiary. Filmways Filmways, Inc. (also known as Filmways Pictures and Filmways Television) was a television and film production company founded by American film executive Martin Ransohoff, and Edwin Kasper in 1952. It is probably best remembered as the production company of CBS’ “rural comedies” of the 1960s, including ""Mister Ed"", ""The Beverly Hillbillies"", ""Petticoat Junction"", and ""Green Acres"", as well as the comedy-drama ""The Trials of O'Brien"", the western ""Dundee and the"
"design. The film was shot on location in Tunisia, the finances being provided this time by former Beatle George Harrison, who together with Denis O'Brien formed the production company Hand-Made Films for the movie. Harrison had a cameo role as the ""owner of the Mount"". Despite its subject matter attracting controversy, particularly upon its initial release, it has (together with its predecessor) been ranked among the greatest comedy films. A Channel 4 poll in 2005 ranked ""Holy Grail"" in sixth place, with ""Life of Brian"" at the top. Filmed at the Hollywood Bowl in Los Angeles during preparations for ""The"
"$ in ). In the early 1990s, the catalog was estimated to be worth between $20 million ($ in ) and $40 million ($ in ). Brian later suggested that his signature was forged by his father on several related business documents, making the sale illegal. On June 4, 1973, Wilson died at his home in Whittier, California after suffering a heart attack at the age of 55. He was buried in Inglewood Park Cemetery in Inglewood, California. In a 2004 interview, Brian recalled his father: ""He was the one who got us going. He didn't make us better artists"
"Artisan Entertainment Artisan Entertainment (formerly known as U.S.A. Home Video, International Video Entertainment (IVE) and LIVE Entertainment) was an American film studio and home video company. It was considered one of the largest mini-major film studios until it was purchased by later mini-major film studio Lions Gate Entertainment in 2003. At the time of its acquisition, Artisan had a library of thousands of films developed through acquisition, original production, and production and distribution agreements. Its headquarters and private screening room were located in Santa Monica, California. It also had an office in Tribeca in Manhattan, New York. The company owned"
"are handled by either Warner Bros., DreamWorks Classics, Janus Films, or Image Entertainment. In 2014, the Westchester/Castle Hill holdings were purchased by entertainment distribution company Shout! Factory. Castle Hill Productions Castle Hill Productions (1978−2009) was an independent television and film distribution company handling classic and independent films whose library spans eight decades. Founded in 1978 by Julian Schlossberg, Castle Hill Productions revived and restored over 200 classic motion pictures, many of which were originally United Artists releases and inherited from the family and/or estates of the films' original producers under the Caidin Film Company. As the company grew, Castle Hill"
"Maltin gave the film 3 1/2 stars out of four, calling it a ""High-tension melodrama"", and stating ""De Palma works on viewers' emotions, not logic, and maintains a fever pitch from start to finish."" He also praised Pino Donaggio's ""chilling music score."" When Alfred Hitchcock was told that Brian De Palma intended ""Dressed to Kill"" as an homage to his movies, he responded “You mean fromage.” Allen earned a Golden Globe nomination for Best New Star, but a Razzie nomination, as well. The film is currently owned by Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (successor to Orion Pictures, who bought Filmways and American International Pictures"
"""The Deep"" and ""The Greatest"". In July 1976 EMI bought Roger Gimbel's production company, Tomorrow Enterrrises, and formed EMI Television, headed by Gimbel. They made a large number of American TV movies like ""Deadman's Curve"" and ""The Amazing Howard Hughes"". EMI backed out of funding ""Monty Python's Life of Brian"" (1979) at the last moment, after Bernard Delfont read the script and objected to its treatment of religion. In April 1978 EMI announced they would make films with the newly formed Orion Pictures, including ""Cutter and Bone"", ""Arabian Adventure"" and ""Chinese Bandit"". Michael Deeley left EMI in 1979 but Barry"
"$48,000 (nearly five times the initial goal). A 90% finished print was premiered at the El Paso Plaza Theatre, not far from where the original premiere was held in 1966. The new restoration premiered on Blu-Ray on October 13, 2015 with an unrestored version (""Grindhouse"") as one of the bonus features. ""Manos: The Hands of Fate"" is generally believed to be in the public domain because director Harold Warren failed to include a copyright symbol in the film; for films of this time, failure to include the copyright symbol disqualified the film for copyright within the United States, a situation"
"he had formed Handmade Films in order to help his friends in Monty Python complete ""Life of Brian"". Three of the songs from the eponymous album were included on Harrison's ""Best of Dark Horse 1976–1989"" compilation: ""Blow Away"", an edited version of ""Here Comes the Moon"", and the single edit of ""Love Comes to Everyone"". In 2009, ""Blow Away"" appeared on the career-spanning compilation """". In 2004, ""George Harrison"" was remastered and reissued both separately and as part of the deluxe box set ""The Dark Horse Years 1976–1992"" on Dark Horse with new distribution by EMI, adding the bonus track"
"Forman, and Brian De Palma. In 1973, United Artists took over the sales and distribution of MGM's films in Anglo-America until the latter bought UA in 1981 due to the massive losses from ""Heaven's Gate"". Cinema International Corporation assumed international distribution rights for MGM's films and carried on to United International Pictures (made from CIC and UA's International assets being owned by partner MGM) in the 1980s. In 1975, Harry Saltzman sold UA his 50 percent stake in Danjaq, the holding-company for the Bond films. UA was to remain a silent partner, providing money, while Albert Broccoli took producer credit."
"Killers"", ""Ice Station Zebra"", ""Summer Lovers"", ""The Burning"", ""King"", Brian De Palma's ""Dressed to Kill"", and ""Blow Out"". Filmways acquired famous companies throughout the years, such as Heatter-Quigley Productions, Ruby-Spears Productions and American International Pictures. It was also the owner of the film distributor Sigma III Corporation (""Closely Watched Trains"", ""Hi, Mom!""), Wally Heider Recording, Studio 3 Inc. Filmways was formed by Martin Ransohoff and Edwin Kasper in 1952, who would part with Filmways 5 years later. The company originally produced television commercials and documentary films. In 1959, Filmways entered television production in a big way when it acquired the"
"Filmways Filmways, Inc. (also known as Filmways Pictures and Filmways Television) was a television and film production company founded by American film executive Martin Ransohoff, and Edwin Kasper in 1952. It is probably best remembered as the production company of CBS’ “rural comedies” of the 1960s, including ""Mister Ed"", ""The Beverly Hillbillies"", ""Petticoat Junction"", and ""Green Acres"", as well as the comedy-drama ""The Trials of O'Brien"", the western ""Dundee and the Culhane"", the adventure show ""Bearcats!"", the police drama ""Cagney & Lacey"", and ""The Addams Family"". Notable films the company produced include ""The Sandpiper"", ""The Cincinnati Kid"", ""The Fearless Vampire"